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| | E-5231. Yao Shaman's Robe. Guangxi, China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) |
 | | The Three Pure Ones preside with Master Li and Master Zhang at their sides with the palace of the Jade Emperor, master of the saints, who rules heaven and earth, shown below. |
 | | In China, they are the Three Immortals, personifications of qi, energy or breath, of the Three Supreme Heavens: the Most Pure (Leng Si), the Mysterious (Leng Pu), and the Primordial Heavens (To Tao, separated from each other by the primordial cosmic either before the earth was created... |
 | | The crane, ho, is said to be the ancestor of all feathered tribes, the aerial cruiser of the divinities and a symbol of longevity. |
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